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APRIL 15, 2020

USA Rare Earth, LLC, the funding and development partner of the Round Top Heavy Rare Earth and Critical Minerals Project in West Texas, has purchased the neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) permanent magnet manufacturing equipment formerly owned and operated in North Carolina by Hitachi Metals America, Ltd.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

The government has received nine bids, from companies including the Tata Group, Tower Semiconductor and Texas Instruments, for the overhaul of its Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) in Mohali, said people with knowledge of the development. The Tata Group has been preparing to enter the chip manufacturing segment in India for the past few years.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

Vision Industries Corporation, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Air Products and project partners were recently awarded $500,000 from the Texas Emission Reduction Program (TERP) partially to fund the building of the first public hydrogen fueling station in the state. —Martin Schuermann, CEO of Vision Industries.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Linear Labs has raised an additional $6 million in funding to further develop manufacturing capabilities and grow its employee base. million partnership with the City of Fort Worth, Texas, was announced, which includes an incentive package involving Linear Labs’ plans to develop an advanced manufacturing facility.

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APRIL 16, 2018

The partners from industry and power generation will use this facility to research into future breakthrough technologies which are needed to meet global climate goals over the long-term. The goal is to research real breakthrough technologies which will be applicable on an industrial scale in the next couple of decades. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 23, 2010

Ford Motor Company has awarded Toshiba a major contract to supply electric drive motors for hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Toshiba Corporation will expand manufacturing capacity at its plant in Houston, Texas for production of the high-performance drive motors for HEV, PHEV and EV applications.

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MARCH 7, 2017

ExxonMobil Corporation is expanding its manufacturing capacity along the US Gulf Coast through planned investments of $20 billion over a 10-year period. ExxonMobil is strategically investing in new refining and chemical-manufacturing projects in the US Gulf Coast region to expand its manufacturing and export capacity.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

has been awarded a $35-million contract through the US Department of Defense (DoD) Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program to support the construction of a commercial scale processing facility for heavy rare earth elements (HREE) at Mountain Pass. MP Materials Corp. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. Lightweight And Modern Metals Manufacturing. performing metals and alloys by removing technological barriers to their manufacture.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Tesla Semi jobs are in Sparks, Nevada; Palo Alto, California; and Austin, Texas. Tesla Boomer Mama on X counted 86 new jobs posted by the Tesla Semi department , including positions called for Asset Technicians, Software Engineers, and supply chain specialists. Tesla posted quite a few open jobs related to Semi production.

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MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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MARCH 18, 2015

Texas is famous the world over for two things on a massive scale: oil and droughts. Not only does Texas have the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford shale, but it also has the Gulf of Mexico and its massive oil deposits and endless gallons of seawater that are now economically treatable thanks to next generation water processing technology.

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JUNE 21, 2016

At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute is the ninth manufacturing hub awarded by the Obama Administration.

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JULY 21, 2015

Voltabox of Texas , the US subsidiary of German automotive supplier paragon AG, officially opened of its new plant in Cedar Park where Voltabox is now operating one fully automated assembly line for Li-ion battery packs. Voltabox of Texas obtained certification that more than 60% of its value creation is based in the US at the end of 2014.

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MAY 3, 2021

In 2020 global supply was roughly 315k tons; this is expected to rise to 5.5M EnergyX, along with its new partners and strategic investors including Obsidian Acquisition Partners, Helios Capital, and the University of Texas, hope to build a strong platform that binds together industry, academia, and natural resource management.

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MARCH 26, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI), which will focus on growing US manufacturing of clean energy products and boosting US competitiveness through major improvements in manufacturing energy productivity. Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Tesla’s proposed lithium refinery in Texas seems to have taken another step forward after a South Texas school district approved an incentives agreement for the project. Tesla is also looking to secure property tax incentives under Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code with Nueces County.

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MARCH 14, 2023

million barrels per day (b/d), according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) Petroleum Supply Monthly. US production and consumption of ethane (a hydrocarbon gas liquid used almost exclusively as a feedstock in the petrochemical industry) has grown since 2010, along with the build-out of US petrochemical capacity.

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MAY 10, 2021

Texas Mineral Resources Corp. The Texas Mineral Resources consortium objective is to install a self-contained, modular and portable pilot plant at a Jeddo Coal Pennsylvania site, capable of producing 1-3 metric tons of rare earth oxides derived from coal waste material from Pennsylvania anthracite coal.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

ExxonMobil will invest $15 million as a leadership member of the University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute to pursue technologies to help meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impacts and the risk of climate change. E-ffiliates fosters collaboration with industry in pursuing energy and environmental innovation.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2021

The company announced that it would be moving towards Cybertruck beta production later this year in Gigafactory Texas. In its Q2 2021 Update Letter , Tesla stated it was making progress on the industrialization of the Cybertruck and plans to start production on the electric pickup truck in Giga Texas, after Model Y production.

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OCTOBER 24, 2020

Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, added a new GUR ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) production line at its Bishop, Texas manufacturing facility to support the significant growth in its high-value GUR engineered materials portfolio. —Tom Kelly.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

President Joe Biden and the White House will announce major investments to expand the domestic critical minerals supply chain later today. The post President Biden to announce investments that will secure Made in America mineral supply chain appeared first on TESLARATI.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Süd-Chemie AG will supply Evonik Industries AG with novel lithium iron phosphate materials for use in the next generation of lithium-ion batteries for automobiles and other industrial applications. Li-Tec—a joint venture operated by Evonik Industries (50.1%) and Daimler AG (49.9%—uses Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

China-based Endurance Industry, a well-established manufacturer of oil and gas, environmental and auto equipment, has signed a memorandum of understanding with GE for the purchase of 260 CNG In A Box systems ( earlier post ) over the next three years. CNG fueling through the CNG In A Box solution reduces CO 2 emissions by 24% (2.2

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JUNE 21, 2011

The Ford Motor Company has selected Toshiba Corporation to supply automotive inverters for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). Toshiba already has a June 2010 contract with Ford under which it will supply high-performance drive motors for HEV and PHEV from 2012, from its facility in Houston, Texas.

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MARCH 12, 2022

A more recent trend with Europe’s lithium-ion battery build out is the emergence of auto majors as pseudo-battery producers seeking to secure cell supply through joint-venture plants. Benchmark cautions that capacity does not necessarily equal reliable supply for the EV industry.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII), recently announced the awardees of its second call for additive manufacturing (AM) applied research and development projects from its members. million in matching cost share from the awarded project teams for total funding worth $19.3

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2022

The project name HyBit stands for “Hydrogen for Bremen’s industrial transformation” and marks the start of the decarbonization of steel production in Bremen, Germany. The HyBit project shows the great benefits that hydrogen has with regard to climate protection, also or especially in industrial applications. Earlier post.).

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JULY 17, 2020

As part of its mine-to-magnets strategy, earlier this year USA Rare Earth purchased the sintered neo magnet manufacturing equipment formerly owned and operated in North Carolina by Hitachi Metals America, Ltd. Industry sources project the global neo magnet market will expand by nearly 100% to $27.0 Geomega Resources Inc., Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As Tesla Giga Texas prepares to start Model Y production, Cybertruck deliveries are inching closer. Tesla is making progress on the Cybertruck’s industrialization, will be built after Model Y. ” Tesla is working hard to increase its cell supply, specifically with its 4680 production line.

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MARCH 20, 2017

Global technology, engineering and advanced manufacturing company Arconic (formerly part of Alcoa before Alcoa split itself last year into two entities—Alcoa focused on the raw aluminum operation and Arconic on products into industries such as automotive) announced a multi-year supply deal with Toyota North America.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Members of the Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC), led by Duke University in North Carolina, have published an open-access paper in the journal Oceanography presenting the large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICMM) as an answer to pressing global energy, food and climate security issues. Greene, C.H.,

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Teslarati

JULY 8, 2022

Citing industry sources, German publication TeslaMag.de reported that new systems for the production of Cybertruck drives had been ordered from German manufacturers. The needed machines for the Cybertruck are reportedly being built and are expected to be deployed in Gigafactory Texas around early July 2023.

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Teslarati

APRIL 24, 2023

Tesla is making way for improvements and potentially new manufacturing space at the space-confined Fremont Factory, new filings reveal. Still, there have also been indications that the automaker is making room for other projects on the second floor, where its battery manufacturing projects occur. These have since become permanent.

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OCTOBER 16, 2021

Demand for the company’s all-electric cars has seemed to skyrocket in 2021 as the transition to electrification continues to gain momentum heading into the final quarter of what has been a challenging year for the entire automotive industry. Tesla plans to begin manufacturing at the facility with the Model Y.

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MAY 9, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is reportedly set to meet with Indonesian President Joko Widodo as early as this week to discuss electric vehicle supply chain development in the Southeast Asian country. Luhut met with Musk in April to discuss Indonesia’s nickel mines at Tesla’s new Gigafactory Texas facility outside of Austin. “I

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